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September 1 coronavirus news

By Jessie Yeung, Adam Renton, Mike Hayes and Meg Wagner, CNN

Updated 12:00 a.m. ET, September 2, 2020

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8:45 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

Fauci on his relationship with Trump: "We're all on the same team"

From CNN Health’s Naomi Thomas

In this March 31 file photo, President Donald Trump departs the daily coronavirus task force briefing while walking past Dr. Anthony Fauci in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Tuesday responded to comments by President Trump that he doesn’t always agree with Fauci, and that he inherited him from previous administrations.

Asked on ABC’s Good Morning America whether he thinks the President trusts him and his advice, Fauci said, “You know, I think he does.”

“I think when you get statements like that, that doesn’t really reflect what actually goes on,” he added.

Fauci said he was at the White House yesterday at a coronavirus task force meeting with the vice president, and that everything discussed gets to the President – and that he understands that.

“I think that’s kind of a distraction to pit me against the President,” Fauci said. “We’re all on the same team.”

Previously, the President has questioned how high Fauci's approval ratings are and criticized him openly in interviews and on Twitter. Fauci has defend his policy actions on several occasions.

8:33 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

Covid-19 sufferers in Syria wait for others to die before they can be put on a respirator

From CNN's Jomana Karadsheh, Eyad Kourdi, Omar AlMuqtad and Gul Tuysuz

Catastrophic conditions in chaotic ill-equipped hospitals overflowing with Covid-19 patients -- patients forced to wait for others to die so they can be put on ventilators that could save their lives.

This is the situation in government-controlled parts of Syria, where medics say the coronavirus pandemic has reached crisis levels with health workers and facilities overwhelmed by the surge of cases across the country in recent weeks.

The Syrian Health Ministry has only confirmed 112 Covid-19 deaths in the country since March, with a total of 2,765 cases in regime-held areas.

Just in the last three weeks, the official number of cases has doubled but, according to health workers in Syrian regime-held areas, the figures do not begin to reflect the real scale of the outbreak.

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The hospitals where Covid-19 sufferers wait for others to die before they can be put on a respirator

8:01 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

It's just after 1 p.m. in London and 8 a.m. in New York. Here's the latest on the pandemic

A teacher gives a lesson to masked school children in Bischheim, outside Strasbourg, eastern France, on Tuesday, September 1. Jean-Francois Badias/AP

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 25.5 million people worldwide and killed more than 851,000. Here's what you need to know:

Russia surpasses one million cases: The country's nationwide tally stands at 1,000,048 cases, after 4,729 new infections were reported Tuesday.
FDA commissioner addresses vaccine concerns: Dr. Stephen Hahn said "all options are on the table" when asked if he would resign if pressured to release a Covid-19 vaccine before he feels it's ready.
French schools reopen: All French schools are reopening for the first time since March, with masks mandatory for students aged 11 and older. Reopening is going ahead despite France's rising infection rate.
Zoom profits skyrocket: The company's profits rose by nearly 3,300% compared with a year earlier.
Germany can avoid second lockdown, says minister: Peter Altmaier, Germany's Minister for Economic Affairs says the worst of the pandemic is behind the country.

7:41 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

How Covid-19 built a "northern wall" between the US and Canada

From CNN's Paula Newton

There were no bricks and mortar, no fencing or cement, no cross-border diplomatic skirmish, just two government orders. And that was enough to essentially shut down the world's longest international border for visitors.

When the US and Canada mutually agreed in March to shut down the border to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, no one predicted it would be closed this long. There is still no specified date for its reopening, although trade has continued between the countries.

"There's a closeness that we're definitely missing, but I can tell you not anyone that I have spoken to here wants that border opened anytime soon. We miss you, citizens of the US, but we're not comfortable opening the border," Bernadette Clement, the mayor of Cornwall, Ontario, said in an interview with CNN.

East to west, for thousands of miles, the border closure is redefining not just economic relationships, but personal lives, in ways no one expected.

"This really is going to have a long-term impact on our communities, economically, socially and on all the things that are really important to us," said Tim Currier, the mayor of Massena, New York, a "sister" community to Cornwall, just a few miles across the border on the other side of the St. Lawrence River.

No longer. The border is shut tight for any trips that are deemed "non-essential" or discretionary and that includes all recreation and tourism.

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Covid-19 built a 'northern wall' between the US and Canada and it could stay up longer than anyone expected

By Paula Newton, CNN

7:12 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

Zoom profits skyrocket 3,300% thanks to remote working trend

From CNN's Laura He

Zoom's (ZM) revenue surged more than 350% in the second quarter, and profits rocketed by nearly 10 times as much, as companies signed up for the video conferencing app to connect staff working from home during the pandemic.

The California-based video communication service provider reported a net profit of $185.7 million for the quarter through July 31 -- up nearly 3,300% compared with a year earlier. Revenues in the quarter were $663.5 million -- up 355%.

Zoom's shares hit a record high on Monday ahead of the earnings statement, and then shot up by as much as 28% in after-hours trading once the numbers were out.

"As remote work trends have accelerated during the pandemic, organizations have moved beyond addressing immediate business continuity needs to actively redefining and embracing new approaches to support a future of working anywhere, learning anywhere, and connecting anywhere," Zoom CEO Eric Yuan said Monday in an earnings call.

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Zoom profit skyrockets 3,300% on remote work trend

6:56 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

US response to racism and Covid-19 is "tragic embarrassment," says NFL team owner

From CNN's Ben Morse

Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has criticized the US government's handling of the issues of systemic racism and the coronavirus pandemic, labeling them a "tragic embarrassment."

Protests have broken out across the country over the past few months, particularly after the police killing of George Floyd and the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Meanwhile on Monday, the US topped six million cases of Covid-19, which has killed over 183,000 people.

Lurie, who called the racism that still afflicts the US one of the country's two "pandemics," said that change will not happen until we "realize we're responsible for it."

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NFL team owner calls US government response to racism and Covid-19 'tragic embarrassment'

6:51 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

What quarantine really looks like, around the world

From CNN's Stacey Lastoe

It's hard to remember a time when quarantine wasn't a regular part of our vocabulary, yet, for most of us, just six months ago we'd rarely heard the word used or spoken it aloud -- outside of describing a scene from an historical novel or a Hulu show.

Thanks to the pandemic, however, quarantine is not only a common household word, it's also a dismal reality for thousands of people returning to their home countries or dipping a toe in international travel.

As entire nations grapple with curbing the spread of Covid-19, many have implemented strict measures to keep their homelands and their residents and visitors safe.

Mandatory quarantines are one way of doing this.

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What quarantining around the world really looks like

By Stacey Lastoe, CNN

6:30 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

"People have died unnecessarily." Ex-Google CEO slams US government's coronavirus failure

From CNN's Matt Egan

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Tuesday blasted the "failure of leadership" in America's coronavirus response and warned of more hardship to come, unless dramatic steps are taken to crush the virus.

"People have died unnecessarily because government was slow to react to common and simple things like mask wearing and social distancing," Schmidt said during a podcast, according to a transcript first shared with CNN Business.

The billionaire, who led Google between 2001 and 2011, said the federal government was "confused" and "caught flatfooted" because the country lacked integrated data systems.

"Because there's a failure of direction, a failure of leadership at pretty much every level of our government, people are left to make their own calculations as to what they should be doing," he said in the "Reimagine with Eric Schmidt" podcast.

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'People have died unnecessarily.' Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt slams US government's coronavirus failure

5:59 a.m. ET, September 1, 2020

Germany can avoid second lockdown, says economy minister

From CNN's Stephanie Halasz

Germany's economy minister, Peter Altmaier, pictured at a press conference in Berlin on June 24. John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

A second lockdown in Germany can and will be avoided, the country's Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy said Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference, Peter Altmaier said the worst of the pandemic was behind Germany, and that the country's economy had improved since May,

But he said the country's GDP was expected to decline by 5.8% in 2020.

The minister's comments come as officials in Germany grapple with anti-government protests.

On Saturday thousands marched in Berlin to protest against Covid-19 regulations, with some waving imperialist flags usually associated with the far-right "Reichsbuerger" group.